Thanks Bob. 1:1 might be to much.I have just been surfing the net on this and i read that you can change the ASA setting on the back of the flash to fool it.So if i wanted to cut the flash down a bit(as the 280t does not have a thyristor)with ASA 100 in the camera,set flash at 200 or 400 and the flash SHOULD give a smaller flash burst correct.The higher setting is telling the flash its more sensitive film and less light need.Am i reading this correctly?
Dave ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:52:04 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is this proper fill flash method Dave, Fill flash with the Super Program is a bit inconvenient, but works. Try this... With the flash off, take the lens off of the A setting and meter the scene. Look for an f stop where the shutter speed goes to 1/125. Leave the lens at this f stop and turn the flash on. You now have a 1 to 1 ratio, ambient to flash lighting. You have to fiddle with the aperture and/or exposure compensation dial to get different ratios. Regards, �Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > �Still stymied on this a bit. > �I now have the Super Program and AF280T flash combo .Prior to buying > �this equipment when i did winners pictures at a horse show,the rider > �and horse either faced the sun and squinted or i turned them a bit > �and the face is a bit dark. > �If i but the flash in any auto mode it sets the camera to flash > �sync.If i set the flash to manual,meter for ambiant light at 1/125 > �or less will the flash over power or should i meter ambiant and use > �a diffuser like the lumi-quest or the plastic bouncy thingy,or set > �the aperature,say,1 stop less to allow for flash. > �Until i get something like the MZ-S and proper flash,i'll have to > �work this way for a while<g> ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada "Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins"--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
